Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Take Me Out to the Peanut-Free Ball Game

By Sean Kelley


A few weeks ago, my wife and I took our children to a work-related event at our city’s minor-league baseball park. The company set up a spread of ballpark fare—hot dogs, hamburgers, potato chips—but we packed a lunch for our son, Graeme, who has severe food allergies.

This should have eliminated our worry, but we watched Graeme like a hawk lest he encounter that ballpark favorite: peanuts. After all, there’s nothing more American than peanuts and Cracker Jack at a ball game; those crunchy shells are always underfoot.

But some ballparks are breaking with tradition. This summer, our minor-league team, the Birmingham Barons, hosted its first ever peanut-free night, and other minor-league parks offered single games or special seating sections where peanuts were banned. Read More

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